1. Hmmm, I hadn't thought of that! Although it's sort of a standard sci-fi trope, the genetically engineered army ...
2. I agree about the f/x. There are certain episodes that are somewhat wince-inducing in other areas (it sometimes appears that they spent ALL their money on the quicksilvering and didn't have anything left for anything else) but the invisibility doesn't really look dated at all.
Regarding the emotional/fight-or-flight connection of the gland ... I wish they'd done more with that after this episode. It doesn't entirely go away, but it looked like it was going to be a lot more of a thing than it apparently is.
3. Yes! I really loved that entire sequence. It was really gorgeously done, especially given the fact that the show probably didn't have much budget to spend on big action scenes.
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2. I agree about the f/x. There are certain episodes that are somewhat wince-inducing in other areas (it sometimes appears that they spent ALL their money on the quicksilvering and didn't have anything left for anything else) but the invisibility doesn't really look dated at all.
Regarding the emotional/fight-or-flight connection of the gland ... I wish they'd done more with that after this episode. It doesn't entirely go away, but it looked like it was going to be a lot more of a thing than it apparently is.
3. Yes! I really loved that entire sequence. It was really gorgeously done, especially given the fact that the show probably didn't have much budget to spend on big action scenes.